
Lively Life Scenes
The attempt to capture a moment fascinated the Impressionist painters of 19th century France. Their loose, rapid brushstrokes sought to create a snapshot of a scene before them. However, it can be argued that an element of realism is necessary to ensure that the artist is indeed a witness to a scene bursting with vitality. In the years that predated the emergence of the Impressionist artists, artists like Edouard Manet were moving away from a background in realism and using such scenes to redefine the artist’s ability to immortalize a moment. In his Music in the Tuileries (1862), the artist is present in the scene himself. As a fashionable and wealthy crowd gathers in this garden of Paris, the musicians aren’t even visible, but the viewer can almost hear the children playing or the strains of music over the incessant chattering of a gathered crowd. With Manet in the scene, off to the far left, clutching a cane - he offers an understanding of how to retell this lively life scene, he was there. Frantically painted faces suggest constant movement, whilst thick tree trunks separate the crowd only for a moment. In Artsper’s own selection of works, elbow your way through the works depicted by Michel Boulet, or indeed through the crowded scenes of Marco Santaniello as he conveys the energy from the everyday life of those who fill the streets.
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African flavor
Christine Drummond
Painting - 71.1 x 50.8 x 5.1 cm Painting - 28 x 20 x 2 inch
€3,750

By My Side 7
Antoine Rose
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.5 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,100

By My Side 6
Antoine Rose
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.5 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,100

By My Side 5
Antoine Rose
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.5 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,100

By My Side 3
Antoine Rose
Photography - 35 x 35 x 0.5 cm Photography - 13.8 x 13.8 x 0.2 inch
€1,100



Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona
Josep Moscardó
Painting - 30 x 30 x 4 cm Painting - 11.8 x 11.8 x 1.6 inch
€950

Untitled
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 107.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 42.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,000

Untitled
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 73 x 107.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.7 x 42.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,000

Untitled
François Boisrond
Fine Art Drawings - 73.5 x 107.5 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 28.9 x 42.3 x 0.1 inch
€12,000



Balade sentimentale
Christian Raffin
Painting - 100 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 39.4 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
€3,200

Uccellacci sui fiori dell'amore
Luigi Iona
Painting - 63.7 x 47.7 x 0.4 cm Painting - 25.1 x 18.8 x 0.2 inch
€270




Ragazza che beve da una ciotola di vetro
Luigi Iona
Painting - 53 x 35 x 0.1 cm Painting - 20.9 x 13.8 x 0 inch
€110






N° 1275 Tel Aviv. Boulevard Ben Gurion.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 73 x 54 x 2 cm Painting - 28.7 x 21.3 x 0.8 inch
€1,300

N° 1265 Bethléem. The Walled Off.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 81 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 31.9 x 0.8 inch
€1,400

N° 1262 Jérusalem. Le Saint Sépulcre 2.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 60 x 60 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 23.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,100

N° 680 Lactation à Saint Bernard (fragment)
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
€540








N° 1124 Elle, à cinq ans, avec ses bons amis.
R. Cavalié
Painting - 46 x 27 x 2 cm Painting - 18.1 x 10.6 x 0.8 inch
€900

N° 952 Marguerite Yourcenar
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000


N° 950 Ariane Mnouchkine
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000



N° 944 J.M.G. Le Clézio
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000


N° 938 Michelangelo Merisi dit "Le Caravage".
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000

N° 937 Juliette Noureddine
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000

N° 935 Brigitte Bardot
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000





N° 925 Marguerite Duras
R. Cavalié
Painting - 65 x 92 x 2 cm Painting - 25.6 x 36.2 x 0.8 inch
€1,000

Mercado em festa
Christine Drummond
Painting - 121.9 x 76.2 x 5.1 cm Painting - 48 x 30 x 2 inch
€9,146


New Perspective
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 90 x 70 x 2 cm Painting - 35.4 x 27.6 x 0.8 inch
€1,050




Siesta with a Friend
Roxana Khonkulova
Painting - 80 x 80 x 2 cm Painting - 31.5 x 31.5 x 0.8 inch
€900








Where'd It All Go Right
Ray Richardson
Painting - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,000


And He Wears It Well
Ray Richardson
Painting - 15 x 15 x 3 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inch
€1,200

Hey Baby Whatchhu No Good
Ray Richardson
Painting - 15 x 15 x 1 cm Painting - 5.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,000

The Man Who Wasn't King
Ray Richardson
Painting - 30 x 10 x 1 cm Painting - 11.8 x 3.9 x 0.4 inch
€1,500

Longing Toward the Sky
Gegham Hunanyan
Painting - 60 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 23.6 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
€457








Par dessus les grillages 3
Hélène Deghilage
Painting - 100 x 130 cm Painting - 39.4 x 51.2 inch
€4,200



Juan San Miguel Allende
Joe Lasker
Painting - 27.9 x 16.5 x 5.1 cm Painting - 11 x 6.5 x 2 inch
€1,784

N° 148 Place Saint-Jean
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 24 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 9.4 x 0.1 inch
€540

N° 140 Le boeuf de la rue du Boeuf
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 29 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch
€540

N° 877 Chessine 3. Le buste.
R. Cavalié
Fine Art Drawings - 42 x 32 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings - 16.5 x 12.6 x 0.1 inch
€540





Point break Ile de Ré
Antoine Rose
Photography - 80 x 133 x 1 cm Photography - 31.5 x 52.4 x 0.4 inch
€8,400


Licence to Swim
Antoine Rose
Photography - 100 x 75 x 1 cm Photography - 39.4 x 29.5 x 0.4 inch
€6,800